The PMI Group, Inc. announced the completed sale of its Australian mortgage insurance subsidiary and related Australian holding company to QBE Insurance Group Limited (“QBE”). The aggregate sale price is U.S. $920 million, 80% payable in cash and 20% payable in the form of a note* issued by QBE. This transaction enhances PMI’s overall liquidity and supports its U.S. mortgage insurance...
No production does without fixtures. All industrial sectors use them to fix work pieces in the position required for further processing. Thus it is possible to guarantee a constantly high quality of the components. Yet what happened if the fixture itself would be deformed? In order to avoid this worst case scenario, all fixtures are controlled periodically so that deviations to their nominal geometries...
Banbury School, Ruskin Road, England; The nationwide experienced glass blocks installers, GBW Contracts Ltd, hands over the project to Mansell after a successful completion. Our involvement was the supplying and installing of the La Rochere Bubble patterned fire glass blocks to 27 windows in the new teaching blocks, allowing extra light into the press classrooms and also providing visual features to...
Bennet hypermarkets based in Megliadino (PD), Pradamano (UD), Gavardo (BS), and Iesolo (VE) now feature various models of Ditec automatic doors, fitted to different types of entrances: from customer entrances to transit accesses between warehouses and shopping areas or loading and unloading doors. To welcome customers, we have opted for the very popular and highly reliable Bis, the smart, safe and...
Komatsu America Corp. (KAC) announces the PC88MR-8 mid-sized hydraulic excavator designed to bring increased production and added operator comfort to contractors in a wide variety of construction, utility, landscaping and other excavating applications. The eight ton class (8.4 metric tons) unit bridges the gap between “compact” and “construction”-sized units. The PC88MR-8 is equipped with the...
For emergency situations when every second counts, the new SpinTec(TM) drench shower from Bradley provides a superior washdown in a shorter amount of time than other emergency fixtures. The innovative SpinTec showerhead delivers a more even distribution of water. Its unique shower pattern rinses more effectively at a higher velocity, resulting in faster removal of hazardous contaminants from the affected...
The worldwide STANDARD for home and building control. Now that the Olympic Games in China are over, the athletes are not the only ones who are celebrating: a gold medal goes to KNX technology too! It came through its Olympic debut with flying colours. The Olympic stadium (the “Bird’s Nest”), the Olympic swimming arena (the “Water-Cube”) and the largest airport building in the world (Terminal...
The city of Hamburg has another bright attraction now that OSRAM has bathed the globe on top of the Hotel Atlantic in colored light. All thanks to 24 high-power LINEARlight-DRAGON Colormix LEDs. Twelve OT Easy 60 controllers from OSRAM ensure that the LEDs can produce light of almost any color. The globe, supported by two caryatids (sculpted female figures), has been the emblem Hotel Atlantic in Hamburg...
In its October issue, Architectural Record turns its pages toward humanitarian design efforts led by architects, design firms, teachers and students. With stunning photography and thoughtful texts, Architectural Record’s editors and journalists show how socially conscious design projects around the world are making a difference by combating homelessness and hunger with practical ingenuity. “Architecture...
Maintaining principal and preserving purchasing power are essential factors in retirement portfolios. However, due to the mortgage fallout, the banking crises, and the stock market volatility, Americans have lost $2 trillion worth of retirement savings this year. “This crises could last five or ten years creating incredibly high inflation,” said Kevin DeMeritt, president of Lear Capital and Wilshire...
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